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The Hindustan Republican Association was founded to :
Explanation
The Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) was established in October 1924 in Kanpur by revolutionaries including Ram Prasad Bismil, Sachindra Nath Sanyal, and Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee [c2][t3]. Its primary objective was to organize an armed revolution to overthrow the British colonial government and replace it with a 'Federal Republic of the United States of India' based on adult franchise [c2][t6]. The organization's manifesto and its organ, 'The Revolutionary', explicitly proposed an 'organized and armed revolution' to end exploitation [c5][t1]. While the HRA did aim to set up a republican government, the foundational method and immediate functional purpose for which it was organized was the execution of an armed rebellion against imperial rule [t1][t2]. This strategy distinguished it from the non-violent nationalist struggle of the time [c3]. It was only later, in 1928, that the organization was renamed HSRA and formally adopted socialism as its official goal [c1].
Sources
- [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 17: Emergence of Swarajists, Socialist Ideas, Revolutionary Activities and Other New Forces > In Punjab-United Provinces-Bihar > p. 349
- [2] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 17: Emergence of Swarajists, Socialist Ideas, Revolutionary Activities and Other New Forces > Ideological Rethinking > p. 354
- [3] http://indianculture.gov.in/digital-district-repository/district-repository/first-meeting-hindustan-republican-association
- [4] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 17: Emergence of Swarajists, Socialist Ideas, Revolutionary Activities and Other New Forces > Revolutionary Activity with a Turn towards Socialism > p. 348
- [5] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 17: Emergence of Swarajists, Socialist Ideas, Revolutionary Activities and Other New Forces > The HSRA > p. 350